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Kanna no Mai
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I thought L'arc-en-Ciel got their name from L'arc de Triomphe in France.
I pronounce it: Larc-en-see-el, but I don't know if that's how you really pronounce it. |
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Vigilante024
 Posts: 578 Location: back. but not really. |
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I'm pretty sure its French for rainbow...but I could be wrong since I haven't spoken French in 7 years...
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Nagisa
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 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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I've always heard it pronounced "Laruk-en-shiel," which correcting for Japanese accent would come to "Larc-en-See-el."
Very good music, BTW. 
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Hotaru
Posts: 481 Location: NY |
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i think it depends which pronounciation you're going for. i know some people call 'em laruku. i say lark en shiel. i think vigilante is right. the literal translation is arc in the sky. so rainbow's probably right.
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Samurai CDZ
 Posts: 776 Location: Manhattan, KS |
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Well, I say La-arc-en-cell, although I guess it should be seal. To each his own, eh?
Anyway, I'm sure I've heard them but I can't remember from where. |
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Kanna no Mai
Posts: 164 |
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So I was right, Yeah. Thank you Nagisa!
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Nagisa
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Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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They did the ending song "Fourth Avenue Café" for Rurouni Kenshin, as well as "Niji" for the Rurouni Kenshin Motion Picture. They also did "Driver's High" for Great Teacher Onizuka and "Spirit Dreams Inside" for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. That aside though, they're just popular among anime/Japanese music fans in general. |
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Samurai CDZ
Posts: 776 Location: Manhattan, KS |
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Can't remember a thing from Spirits Within, as for the others I've can't recall them. Thanks though.
It's possibly just the name, I've heard it so much. |
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Ianoo
Posts: 19 Location: Fort Worth, Texas |
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I had to use a French dictionary to translate it. I, too, agree that it means "Rainbow"
I always pronounced it wrong: "La-Arc-en-shiel"; Hey, I am taking Spanish and Japanese, not French
Lets see...I LOVE their music! They sang "Fourth Avenue Cafe", yes, as well as "Blurry Eyes" from DNA2 and "Driver's High" from GTO. |
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rektagunn
 Posts: 218 Location: enohana |
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on a related topic....they have a new single coming out "Ready Steady Go"......yay!
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Phoenix
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 84 Location: Montreal |
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L'arc-en-ciel quite literaly means the rainbow. L' = the (le élidé) and arc-en-ciel is rainbow. As for pronunciation, I just pronounce it in French, even though that's not how it's done in Japan.
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BuffaloStyle
 Subscriber Posts: 274 Location: Colorado |
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I've always thought that the "L" in ciel was silent making it sound like "sigh".
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Phoenix
Encyclopedia Editor
Posts: 84 Location: Montreal |
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In French, the L in ciel is pronounced, it's almost like saying "si elle" in terms of pronounciation, but the meaning is different.
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10455 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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As my sister said, "L'arc-en-ciel" means Rainbow. Literally, it is "The Arc in [the] Sky" which is french for Rainbow.
As for pronounciation, this is a bit hard if you don't know how to read pronounciation keys. "L'arc" is pronounced a bit like lark, but the a is pronounced "ahh" not "aw", like in arrow.. lahrrk "en" is hard for anglophones because the sound for this kind of N in french does not exist in English. Try saying "On" without touching your tongue to the roof of your mouth at the end but making the N sound with your throat. "ciel" is pronounced "sea"-"el" ... easy -t |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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I've always just pronounced it the French way. But when GTO was aired in Japan, they had several L'Arc~en~Ciel commercials, with people in the ad trying to pronounce the name. And what it finally came down to was "'Lark' un" see-el-u" (with Lark pronounced as with an "aw" sound and a rolled r). So, French or Japanese, it's up to you.
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